The Brown Sisters, Ipswich, Massachusetts

2003

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows four women standing closely together from the waist up. They are positioned in a line, with some leaning slightly toward each other. The woman on the far left has short, curly dark hair and is wearing a light short-sleeve top. Next to her, the second woman has long dark hair tied back, with visible facial features including high cheekbones and a determined expression; she is dressed in a dark polo shirt. The third woman from the left has long, curly hair and is wearing a dark top with buttons. The woman on the far right has shoulder-length, wavy hair and is dressed in a dark polo shirt. One woman is seen wearing hoop earrings. The background is a plain, bright sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Fund for Living Photographers

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.41.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY); NGA purchase, 2004.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Nicholas Nixon; by artist, across bottom verso in graphite: The Brown Sisters Ipswich, Mass. 2003 27/50; by unknown hand, upper left verso in graphite: NN44235

Wikidata ID

Q64158516

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